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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-01
HIRAM LODGE, No. (.

HIRAM LODGE, No. T..
V. a. Kaltenbrun, Master.
ii. G. Mattern, Senior Warden.
Peter Light, Junior Warden.
w. L. Reading, Treasurer.
John w. Payne, Secretary.
Geo. a. Lewis, Senior Deacon.
l. l.. Conway, Junior Deacon.
Sanford Coin, Steward and Tyler.
EsoTERIC LODGE, No. 532.
w. $. Caplinger, Master.
VIM. Cromwell, Senior Warden.
j. b Hendrick, Junior Warden.
Russell Snced, Treasurer.
JAS. f. Graham, Secretary.
JAS. A. Murray, Senior Deacon.
John Bradley, Junior Deacon.
Sanford Coin, Steward and Tyler
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-01

The following officers were elected
by the Masonic Lodges in this city,
on Monday evening, for the ensuing
wear:
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-01

The following officers were elected
on Monday night by W. +. Beart
Lodge, No 5S3, A. y. NJ, at Bailey.
Mill:
II. l.. Bailey, Master.
V. NJ. Pool, Senior Warden.
w. l.. Pool, Junior Warden.
Ransford PeytOn, Treasurer.
G. W. Guthrie, Secretary
j. &. PeytOn, Senior Deacon.
Warren Aines, Junior Deacon.
d. f. Bailey, Steward and Tyler.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-01

THERE WALL BE 4 MEETING or THE
tort al thelr banking hOdse ia f,.bxi0rt nm 4" n
DAf, JAM Ahi 81. lesI, 10 eject eigat ~ III
rectct5 l0f Tie ensuing Year. III. ii VA ISJN.
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
The CapriciOus Candle.

Put lighted candle behind bottle,
pickle jar, stove pipe or any other OBJ
ject having polished surface, then
station yourself about twelve inches
from the object, so that it hides the flame
of the candle from you, and blow with
your breath. The candle will be very
easily extinguished, in consequence of
the currents of air that you have created
around the object meeting near the
fame With board or sheet of card
board of the width Of the bottle, ex-
;inction would be impossible.
This experiment has counterpart
that has been communicated to use by
Mr.. Harmand of Paris.
Take two bottles, instead of one, and
place them alongside of each other, SO as
to leave space of half an inch between
them. Place the candle opposite this
space, and, preserving the same distance
as before between your mouth and the
candle, blow strongly against the flame.
Not only will the latter not be extin-
guished, but it will incline slightly to-
ward you as if through the effect of sue
ton. This phenomenon, which is
analogous to the preceding, is due to the
fact that as portion of the air cannot
pass between the bottles, it flows around
their exterior and returns to the operator.
lie Chercheur.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
When the Moon Changes.

During long storm persons who are
well versed in weather lore are often
heard to console themselves with the
prediction that there will be change of
weather when the moon changes.
Nasmyth and Carpenter characterize as
a popular error in its most absurd form
this belief that gradual turning of the
moons face toward and away from the
sun could, at certain points, upset the
existing condition of our atmosphere,
generate clouds and pour down rain. In
England (and the same may be said Of
America) the weather changes about
every three days, and there is change
of the moon every seven days, SO that
many coincidents must occur. Those
who believe that 'the moon rules the
weather" always credit such coinci-
dences to lunar influences. But the
theory is untenable unless it applies to
every case, and unless the same effect is
always produced by the same cause. To
suppose that change Of the moon will
turn dry weather to wet, or wet to dry,
indiscriminately, is the merest childish
ness, and contrary to all meteorological
records. 80 Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
PRICE THREE CENTS.
The Highwayman.

Did you ever meet robber, with pistol and
knife,
Whose prompt and cordial greeting was,
"Your money or your life!"
Who, while you stood a-trembling, with your
hands above your head,
Took your gold, most grimly offering to pay
you in cold leadi
WE'LL once met rcbber; was going home
TO tea;
The way was rather lonely, though not yet too
dark to see
That the sturdy rogue who stopped me there
was very fully armed;
But I'm honest in maintaining that didn't
feel alarmed.
He was painting hard from running so |,
being still undaunted,
Very boldly faced the rascal and demanded
what he wanted.
was quite as big as he was, and | was not
out of breath,
So didn't fear his shooting me, or stabbing
me to death.
In answer to my question the highwayman
raised an arm
And pointed it straight at me, though I still
felt no alarm;
He did not ask for money, but what he said
was this,
''You cannot pass, papa, unless you give your
boy kiss"
fallen G. Bigelow, in st. Nicholas
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
0SOda.Water."

The drinking of so-callcd "soda-wat-
er," is becoming more and more gener-
al. There are nearly seven thousand
fountains in Boston alone. They are
found not only in drug stores but in
restaurants, bar-rooms, confectionery
stores and retail merchant establish
ments. One house in the city has a
fountain which costs between five and
six thousand dollars.
All arc familiar with the efferescence
and foam that attend the mixing in wa
ter of carbonate of soda and tartaric
acid. AS the term "soda" is applied
both to the fountain and to the drink is
suing from it, one naturally supposes that
there is soda in the foaming fluid he is
taking 1t is not so, however. The
water is charged with carbonic acid, and
is favored and sweetened with some one
of the various syrups. The carbonic acid
gas is forced into water with press
urc of one hundred and eighty
pounds to the square inch, and it is the
escape of this gas, when the faucet is
turned and the water flows into the
tumbler, that causes the foaming.
The gas was formerly obtained from
carbonate of soda, and hence the present
name, which still clings to it; but it is
now obtained from marble, which is a
carbonate of lime. Marble is simply
lime and carbonic acid chemically com
bined. The union is weak one. Sui.
phuric acid has much stronger affinity
| for the lime than the carbonic acid has,
and upon being poured on powdered
marble, releases the carbonic acid, which
is then absorbed by the water. 1t makes
no difference with the drink whether the
carbonic acid is obtained from soda OF
from marble, since nothing but the acid
passes into the water.
In, and in the neighborhood of, large
cities, the sellers of soda water do moi
charge their own fountains. 1t is dont
for them at large central establishments.
Il Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Origin of Paper.Hangings.

The art of making paper-hangings was
copied from the Chinese, among whom
it has been practised from time ini-
memorial. Wallpapers did not come
into common use in Europe till the
eighteenth century; but stamped papers
for the purpose appear to have been
made In Spain and Holland about 1856.
The first allusion to Wallpapers known
to exist Is In the examination of Herman
Schinkel, printer of Delft, who was
accused in 1868 of printing books mimi
cal to the Catholic faith. Being interro-
gated as to certain ballads he said they
had been printed by his servant in his
absence, and that when he came home
and found they were not delivered, he
refused to deliver them, and threw them
into corner, intending to print roses
and stripes on the back to paper attics
with. 1t is probably to King William
III. that the introduction of Wallpapers
into England is due. Paper-hangings
of a sort, it is true, were in use in Eng
land and some parts of the Continent
long before the time of William of
Orange; but they usually consisted
merely of maps of the world, as it was
known then, with fantastic borders of
Indians, negroes and elephants, and
other "natives of far-off regions" The
art of paper-hanging in imitation of the
old velvet flock was new when William
came to England. 1t was on the walls
of the drawing at Kensington
Palace that these new hangings were
first seen in that country. They took
the fancy of the fashionables of the day,
and their cheapness being an additional
recommendation, they speedily camo
into general USE Mechanical News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Wooden Shoes.

The wooden shoes in use among the
French peasantry, have, l see, been in
troduced in London for children's wear.
The wooden shoe is not in very free use
with us. French workmen in certain
classes of factories and shops where the
floors are always wet have adopted
them and you can buy them in the
French quarter, where they form part of
the stock of every small grocery store.
Like snow-shoes they require that the
wearer shall be educated up to them,
and no one will ever wear them
who can afford to wear leather shoe.
Leather uppers with wooden soles are
worn by many workmen at work and
these are clumsy and ponderous enough.
When 1t comes to shoe entirely OF
wood the Anglo-Saxon foot must kick.
New York News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
On the Congo.

The celebrated explorer Grenfell, who
has just returned to Europe, says that
the scarcity of food ON the lower Congo,
which so greatly embarrassed Stanley
and compelled his large force for some
weeks to live almost solely upon hippo
potamus meat, was not the result of a
failure of crops. The Bateke, who in
habit both banks of the river for a long
ways, prefer to live by trading their
ivory for goods, raising barely enough
food for their own use. The great de-
mand for food this year exhausted Their
meagrc store. They have gone hungry
themselves and have been driven by
short supplies to put more land into
crops and to extend their fisheries. Mr..
Grenfcll believes the lesson will be salu-
tary, and that the Bateke, seeing that
they can make food raising as profitable
as the ivory trade, will begin cultivating
the land upon large scale. The princi-
pal white stations are now encouraging
the natives near there to raise food to
sell to the whites.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
So LONDONDERRY VT. THURSDAY AUGUST Is, 1887
The Worlds Gold.

Gold is dispersed over almost all the
world, in one or other of those various
forms, either in auriferous quartz,
ancient river gravels, in modern allu-
vium or on the beds of streams. In
Britain where large quantities exist in
the form Of sovereigns, certain amount
Of local gold Is found near Dolgelly, dis.
persed through veins or quartz, but
hardly in sufficient quantities to repay
crushing. In Scotland few of the
streams in Sutherland, tributaries of the
Helmsdale river, bring down small mug
gets from the neighboring drift. In Ire-
land gold occurs in places among the
Wicklow hills, but none has yet been
discovered in the natural matrix, though
a few specks have sometimes been
observed on rocks in different parts of
the country. Europe as whole, how
ever, is poor in gold. A little has at
times been mined In the Thuringian
forest; considerable amounts exist in
Bohemia; Hungary and Italy yield fair
quantities; and q moderate amount is
found in the Ural mountains, both in
original deposits and in beds of river
sand. In the last-named case, the
specks are too small to be separately
visible to the naked eye.
In Asia there is far more gold. India
has vast amount, if you can only get al
i'll do not wish to encourage reckless
speculation-chiefy by crushing very
solid rock. Siberia also contains plenty
of gold, and other outlying countries
come in for their share. But where
Africa's sunny fountains roll down theil
golden sand, or, to be more precise OF
the gold coast and elsewhere, still
richer deposits have long been known
while the Transvaal just at presen
forms the newest Eldorado of adven
turous miners and still more adventur
Gus, not to say foolish, investors. Ii
America there is gold in California, golt
in the Rocky mountains, gold in the AL
leghanies, gold in Canada. And il
Australia there is more gold still, though
the yield of late has steadily fallen off
and the mines of Victoria have begun t,
show symptoms Of gradual exhaustion
Il Cornhill.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Where Captain John Smith was Killed.

"Why don't you people locate the
exact spot where the Indians placed
Captain John Smith upon the rock to
kill himl' l asked of two gentlemen of
an antiquarian turn who were perusing
some old Virginia records. "Well, !"
answered one of them, "that is hard
question to settle. Sometimes we have
strong reasons for locating the spot at
Powhatan' just below the city; then
again we think it ought to be further
down the river, but since so many relic
hunters have Clipped pieces from a big
rock at 'Powhatan' believing that they
were securing fragments of the stone up
on which Smiths head was placed to re-
ceive blows from the clubs of the In
dians, it seems pity to weave out facts
that would mar the legendary lore that
has so long clustered about Powhatan'
and the stone in the yard
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Cities of the United States.

At the time of the census of 1880
there were ten cities in the United States
with more than 900, 900 inhabitants each.
They were New York, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, st. Louis,
Baltimore, Cincinnati San Francisco and
New Orleans. Their population aggre-
gated 4,914, s97. In 1887 the number
of cities with more than 200, 900 had in
creased to fourteen, the four additional
being Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburg and
Washington. The total population of
these fourteen cities was estimated at
6, 79S, 900. 1t is estimated that there
are in addition to the cities above
enumerated thirteen with populations
exceeding 100000 each, as follows;
Albany, Allegheny, Detroit, Indianapo-
lis, Jersey City, Kansas City, Louisville,
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Newark, Provi-
dence, Rochester and st. Paul. These
thirteen have an estimated population OF
1850, 900. There are also thirteen cities
with over 60, 600 each, whose combined
population is 9O2, 900. Altogether these
forty cities have 9,450, 900 inhabitants,
or nearly one-sixth of the population of
the United States San Francisco
| Chronicle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
HUMOROUS.

A board bill---The carpenters state.
ment.
Canada will soon thirst for peace if
she goes to war on Goldfish.
Some one says the age of political
party may be told by its rings.
A squall makes sailboats capsize, but
makes baby's mouth one size larger.
If some men knew as much as they
talked there wouldn't be any sale for the
encyclopedia.
No one has yet met the man who
would refuse dollar because it is worth
only 70 cents.
At the rate centenarians are increas
ing in this country there will be soon no
young people left.
A philosopher of our acquaintance
says "New York is, Chicago is to be,
and Boston has beam"
Tramp Are you going in bathing
sir2" Gentleman-''Yes." Tramp
"Shall l hold your pocketbook9"
The difference between an epicure and
an anarchist is that ones. mighty
diner and the others dynamiter.
"There's music in the heir, )" remarked
fond father as his young and only off
spring made his initial attempt at sing
ing.
"Two knots an hour isn't such bad
time for clergyman, smilingly said
the minister to himself, just after he had
united the second couple.
A man and woman are reported to
have been lately married on car plat
form. We have known lots Of brake
men to be ''engagcdn there.
1t is said that the next edition OF
Webster will describe ''yearning," as
''the feeling which Eastern people have
to get away from Dakota after passing
one winter in that region"
Alarmed Pedestrian picking up a
painter at the foot of ladder)-My
poor man, are you hurt much! Painter
Only three ribs broken. But went
down with colors flying, didn't II
The bald headed men have the conso
lation of knowing that their affliction is
more prevalent among the educated and
intellectual than among the ignorant.
But the flies get there just the same.
GLOW old are you, my son9" asked an
old gentleman of "tot'' who was cele-
brating his birthday. 'Tm 4, )" was the
reply, "and I'm mighty glad of it; l was
getting very tired of being all the
time"
A little -year-old boy who had
seen a peacock for the first time, ran in-
to the house, exclaiming to his sister,
ooh, Lizzie, I've seen great, big, mon
stiferous tail walking around with hen
tied to ii"
"That is rather shabby pair of trou-
sers you have on for man in your posi-
ton" ''Yes sir; but clothes do not
make the man. What if my trousers
arc shabby and worn9 They cover a
warm heart, sir"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Dogs Biscuit

Twenty years ago the business of max
ing dogs biscuit was represented by
small shop in Holborn, nearly opposite
Chancery Lane, in London, and there
was weekly sale of only one or two
tons. Now there is vast factory near
London Bridge and another in New
York; and the two factories have daily
output and sale Of from thirty to forty
IONS.
This dog food is made of wheaton
flour chiefly that known as middlings-
oatmeal, dates, beet root, and prairie
meat. Dates were the first article of a
vegetable or fruity nature introduced,
and have had the anti-scorbutic effect so
desirable in the feeding of dogs.
For many years dates were the only
addition to the food employed, and at
that time it was advised that fresh vege-
tables should be given twice week ad
ditional to the biscuits. A searching
lOT SOluctllIlS tldI Wouu opNidtc eHo
need for this addition led to the discov-
cry that the only vegetable which did
not lose its distinguishing properties
under the great heat to which the cake
is subjected in bakingis beet-root; and
as it has all the desirable elements, for
some years past all the biscuits sent out
have contained beet root.
The last ingredient is prairie meat,
which is not as many persons suppose,
tallow, greases or butchers ref'lse. 1t is
meat from the west and South America.
From it all fat has been removed, but
the most valuable gristle and bones re-
main to be ground up and is not only of
the best quality from feeding point of
view, but perfectly sweet and good.
Analysis has shown that it is much more
nutritious than the beef usually sold in
the butchers shops for it contains only
five per cent. of water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
"NOM / Lay Me-"

The authorship of the little prayer
'tNow l Lay Me-" is thus accounted
for in an almanac of the year 1891, in
the possession of the Massachusetts,
Historical Society. The advertisement
reads: "There is now in the press and
will suddenly be extant, second i'm
preston of the New England Primer,
enlarged, to which is added directions
for spelling the Prayer of X. Edward
the VI, and verses made by Mr..
Rogers, the martyr, left as legacy to
his children. Sold by Benjamin Har-
ris, at the London Coffee House in Bos.
ton." From this notice we learn that
"Now | Lay Me-" is among the verses
made by Mr.. Rogers, the martyr De.
troit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
The Old Man Was Too Hasty.

A staid old Hubbardston farmer came
to the Hub yesterday to do ga leetle
tradin'," and as he meandered down
Washington street ''headed for the
Fitchburg depot" as he said, he sud-
denly halted, gazed excitedly at a sign
in front of clothing house, and then
darted into the store exclaiming, "Well, l
yum, that is goodw After due deliber-
alton he selected $40 suit of clothes,
rendering in payment just 81. 'That's
the right change, SIR" said he to the
astonished clerk. ''But l don't under
stand it; l told you that suit would be
s1O," argued the clerk. Eyes, | know,
but don't your old sign out at the door
say, "All we want is 70 cents on the
dollarF" /" and picking up his new pur-
chase the honest old Hubbardston far
mer hastily left. He trotted along con-
graduating himself on his wonderful
smartness, and was heard to mutter, II
guess Pm lively enough for these ERE
city folks" But sudden change came
"o'er the spirit of his dreams" after he
had walked short distance A look of
utter disgust overspread his face, the
bundle fell from his arms, and in a
mournful tone he said, "Why didn't 1
look around little before I bought
them clothes2" The cause of his con-
sternation was another clothing sign
that read "Goods sold here at half
price" After studying the situation
several minutes he resumed his journey
depotward, saying 'Imight have saved
S. Just as well as not if l hadn't been in
such pesky hurry. ~ Boston Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Roses.

Lot me lie where the roses grow;
Let them their fresh green branches throw
Around my mound in the grass
Let them lift, in their fullest glow,
Their faces high to laugh and show
A welcome to those who pass.
But let no sound by me be heard
Babble of stream, or song of bird,
Be stilled in the calm earth's breast
In theq quiet gloom let me lie,
When the tired ear and weary eye
May take their well-earned rest
The day is gone, so long and drear;
Sweet it is to be resting here,
In the long and silent night
For fear and grief away are swept;
Bitter tears are no longer wept,
While wait for endless light
Light to reveal the cherished dead
In lands from which all ills have fed,
And the ruins which death has made.
Lands which never shall hear sigh,
In which nothing but death shall die,
And the roses never fade.
Temple Bar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Why a Tramp sticks to a Railroad.

"And say, young man," he continued,
if you ever go travelling like me, avoid
steamships. / went as stowaway one
time, and I'll tell you what happened.
After three days out at sea | was dis
covered. The captain said to me:
Young man, you'll have to go to work.
He set me to scraping off paint for nine
days. And at the end of that time we
reached port, and, instead of being al
lowed to land, was placed in irons and
kept there until we left, when l was
liberated and set to work again all the
way to New York, where they allowed
me to go. | never went to sea again.
Railroads are good enough for me. p
lSan Francisco Chronicle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
A Quick Filter.

For quick filter, take clear piece OF
chamois skin, free from thin places, cut
it of the desired length, wash it in a
weak solution of sal soda or any alkali
to remove the grease, and rinse thor
oughly in cold water before using. Tine.
lures, elixirs, syrups, and even muci-
lagos, are, says writer in Druggists Cir
cular, filtered rapidly. A pint of the
thickest syrup will run through in foul
or five minutes By washing thorough.
" after each time of using it will last q
long time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
II Was All Over.

''Then l am not to call on you any
MORE" he said, as he twirled his hat in
his hand
''That is what l intended to say" she
replied, coolly.
"And our engagement is all over9"
"Well," she said, with some asperity,
"if you've gone and talked about it to
everybody, suppose it is. I'm sure, 1
haven't said anything about it. If it is
all over, it's your own fault. y Wash
ington Critic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
Fortunes in Buns.

The English bun, a compromise be.
tween cake and bread, has attracted an
American traveller, who says that it ia
very filling, and you can get big one
for penny, and one exposing lonely
plum or two on its surface for two pence.
Fortunes have been made out of buns,
such is their popularity with the masses,
and four generations of the same family
died rich from the profits of the Chelsea
bun house, which, on Good Fridars, had
to be closed on account of riots raised
by disappointed customers when the
stock was sold ut.--TCleveland Leader